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August 5, 2007

Ronald Volker wins European TC Champs

This years European Championship for Touring cars held in Montbrison France is over, and it is Ronald Volker that has taken the overall win for Hot Bodies. The first final saw a win for the pole man, and Xray driver, Steven Weiss, followed home closely by former World Champion Marc Reinhard for Tamiya, while the 3rd spot went to Volker. The 2nd final was the same 3 drivers at the front but in a different order, with Volker managing to squeeze past Weiss for the lead which he held till the end in front of Weiss in 2nd and Reinhard in 3rd. The 3rd leg of the final would be the decider and it was Volker once more that made his way to the front to take the lead after Weiss left a small gap which was enough to let the Hot Bodies driver through. Weiss proceeded to follow to try and regain the lead but a mistake cost him several positions and eventually allowed Reinhard up into 2nd and Groskamp into 3rd with Weiss demoted to 4th. This final result gave Volker and Hot Bodies the win, with Weiss in a hard fought 2nd for Xray and Reinhard for Tamiya in 3rd taking the final podium spot.

Podium picture to follow.

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August 5, 2007

Logan Bruecher – Interview

Logan Bruecher - Interview

Our partners down under, Rube Dude, have done an interview with one of Australia top young off road racers, Logan Bruecher. This very talented young driver has just won the first round of the innaugural WA Challenge Cup Series in Geraldton and he did it in a very strong and convincing manner battling it out with Haley and Weise who really put on some incredible pace.

Read the complete interview here.

Source: Rube Dude [rubeduderc.com]

August 4, 2007

Steven Weiss TQ’s European Electric TC Championships

Steven Weiss TQ's European Championships

Another week, another European title up for grabs, this time its the turn of the electric touring drivers who will be fighting for the title of European Champion. This year championships are held on the super smooth Montbrison track on the south east of the France and all the teams and drivers have been fine tuning their setups since mid week under ideal weather conditions. With qualifying already over, and the rule stating that your 2 best runs are to count, it is Xray driver and German Indoor Vice Champion, Steven Weiss that has taken the top qualifying spot ahead countryman Ronald Volker in 2nd, racing for Hot Bodies, while 3rd spot goes to Snowbirds winner Jilles Groskamp driving another Xray. Lets see tomorrow if Xray can finally break their electric touring car Euro’s jinx and finally turn a pole position into a win.

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August 3, 2007

Kerswell takes BRCA 19T win at Rd5

While the modified and 27T guys were racing in London, the 19T Super Stock racers were in Wrexham for the 5th round of their championships, so far dominated by Corally racer Chris Kerswell. This event would be no exception with Kerswell taking the pole position for the race ahead of Schumacher racer, and round 4 winner, Dewi Jones in 2nd and another Corally racer Christopher Delves in 3rd. In the finals it was Kerswell that took the leg 1 win ahead of Jones, with Daniel Fallows, racing a Schumacher, in 3rd. The top 3 drivers were the same for the 2nd leg but the top 2 order was reversed, with Jones taking the win and Kerswell 2nd, a tie break needed to seperate the two with Kerswell taking the overall win and with it this years title. Local racer Jones came home in 2nd while Fallows, with a consistent run in both legs, rounded off the podium in 3rd.

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August 3, 2007

Grainger wins Rd5 of BRCA Mod Nats

Last weekend saw the 5th round of the 2007 BRCA EP Touring car National Championships for Modified and 27T held in West London under sunny conditions. In qualifying it was TQ for Yokomo racer Chris Grainger in the Mod class ahead of Xray driver Ben Cosgrove who would start 2nd, while in the 27T class the pole position belonged to Adrian Bidewell. In the modified class it was a win in the first final for pole man Grainger with Andy Moore in 2nd and Ben Cosgrove in 3rd while in the 2nd and deciding final the win went to Hot Bodies racer, and round 4 winner, Olly Jefferies in front of Cosgrove and Grainger, the 3rd spot being enough to give Grainger the overall win and an almost unbeatable lead in the championships, Cosgrove came home 2nd ahead of Jefferies in 3rd. In the 27T final it was an overall win for Yokomo driver, and pole man, Bidewell who came home ahead of 2nd placed Jon Winter with Matt Digby in 3rd.

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August 2, 2007

Daily News Round-up

Red RC - Daily Round-up

A summary of other news pieces from around the internet today in our Red RC Round-up:

> Novarossi GP attracts Drake and Truhe from Team Losi – Link [neo-buggy.net]
> New B-Brake system of SLD Racing – Link [buggy-sport.info]
> Atsushi Hara 2nd at Hot Rods Shootout with X-6 – Link [radiocontrolzone.com]
> Serpent TQ Euros. 960 best represented car in the Final – Link [serpent.com]
> New Tamiya Racing Factory website – Link [tamiya.com]
> Xray brothers have best result of the season, so far – Link [mirageracing.com]

August 2, 2007

European EP buggy Champs – Video

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Here are some videos from the 4wd class at the European Electric buggy Championships held in Vassa, Finland in which Hupo Hönigl took the win for Tamiya. We have the 3 videos showing the all 3 A-mains, with the first final shown above and the other two parts, along with the jumping contest, below.

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August 1, 2007

Daily News Round-up

Red RC - Daily Round-up

A summary of other news pieces from around the internet today in our Red RC Round-up:

> Werks MT tires take the win at the Manufacturers Cup – Link [buggy-sport.info]
> MTX4 Pro Chassis plate drawings from Kawahara – Link [kawahara-racing.co.jp]
> JP Racing report on the 1/8th scale Euros – Link [jpracing.com]
> Travis Scrambling, USA Joins GO Team for 2007-2008 – Link [nagateamracing.com]
> Final photos of the Azarashi Cyclone D4 shock towers – Link [team-azarashi.com]
> Pavidis and Hughes win SoCal Saturday Series Rd3 – Link [prolineracing.com]